Frank Bruno vs. Mike Tyson II

Frank Bruno, at that time, had been a professional boxer for over thirteen years. He was a former European heavyweight champion and had received several shots at the world heavyweight title over the course of his career. The first came in 1986, when he was knocked out by Tim Witherspoon in a bout for his WBA title. He fought Mike Tyson in 1989 for his undisputed world championship but was knocked out in the fifth round. After fighting Lennox Lewis for his WBC title in Cardiff Arms Park in 1993 and losing, Bruno would have to wait two years for another title shot. He fought Oliver McCall, who defeated Lewis in an upset in 1994 for the WBC title, on September 2, 1995, in London. McCall had claimed he was going to get revenge on the English through Bruno after Gerald McClellan suffered permanent brain damage in a title fight against Nigel Benn in February that year, but Bruno outboxed McCall to win his first world championship. Tyson was released from prison on parole in 1995 after he was convicted of raping Desiree Washington in 1991. He had fought two fights since his release, beating Peter McNeeley by disqualification in his pay-per-view return and knocking out Buster Mathis, Jr. in a nationally televised bout on Fox. After the victory against Mathis, Tyson was placed ahead of Lewis in the line of contenders for the WBC title and his promoter Don King, who also promoted Oliver McCall, drew up a contract where McCall would defend his title against Bruno and the winner of the fight would be forced to defend the belt against Tyson in their first defense. ==The fights==

Hopkins vs. Lipsey In the first title bout on the card IBF middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins (The Ring:2nd) faced top ranked contender Joe Lipsey (The Ring:8th). Hopkins would dominate the bout, before stunning Lipsey with an undercut late in the fourth round, following up with a barrage of punches which send him down to the canvas and seemingly out cold. Referee Mitch Halpern would immediately wave it off giving Hopkins a KO victory. Unlike the rest of the card, this bout was broadcast on ABC. Taylor vs. Holmes The second title bout saw Quincy Taylor (The Ring:1st) make the first defence of his WBC middleweight title against No. 9 ranked Keith Holmes (The Ring:9th Light Middleweight). The first eight rounds were largely tactical with Holmes ahead by two points on two of the scorecard and by one on the third going into the ninth. Just before the halfway point of the round Holmes landed a counter right that dropped the champion. Taylor beat the count but was unable to answer a string of Holmes' punches to his head prompting Richard Steele to wave it off. The match was well received and has been described retroactively as the bout "put women's boxing on the map". On April 15 Martin became the first female boxer to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated; the headline read, "The Lady Is a Champ". López vs. Villamor The final bout on the undercard saw WBC strawweight champion Ricardo López (P4P:6th) defend his title against No. 1 ranked Ala Villamor. López would largely dominate the bout. Early in the eighth round a left uppercut from López sent the challenger down flat on his back where he remained at the count of ten giving López a KO victory. ==Aftermath==

The match would prove to be the final one of Frank Bruno's career. Though he initially talked about a potential third fight with Tyson, he was advised by doctors that he risked losing vision in one eye if he continued to fight and subsequently announced his retirement from the ring shortly thereafter. Mike Tyson would next set his sights on the WBA Heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon. However, Tyson's contract stated that he would first have to defend the WBC Heavyweight title against number one contender Lennox Lewis. Don King eventually paid Lewis $4 million to step aside and let Tyson face Seldon on the condition that Lewis would get his WBC title shot after. Tyson would then go on to defeat Seldon by 1st-round knockout to capture the WBA Heavyweight title. ==Undercard==

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